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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 12:32 PM Original message |
Sad and beautiful - Couple Married 72 Years Dies Holding Hands |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. How incredible! |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. That's a most touching story. |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. INNIT!??! |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. Thanks for posting.... |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
33. I don't find it to be sad at all. |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #33 |
53. Not sad to me also. Wonderful that two people have stayed |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #33 |
54. It shows us what life could be. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
5. Aww. That's the ideal way to go, isn't it. |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. Beautiful, thank you for sharing. |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Awww. All my best to your family. |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Thank you PeaceNikki |
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sammytko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
8. My great-uncle and aunt died like this |
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PRETZEL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. My grandparents died in a somewhat similar fashion |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. wow. Did that help ease the pain for your family, or make it harder? |
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PRETZEL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Honestly, since I was only a teen |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. My grandfather died of a broken heart, but it took a couple of years. |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. Awww |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 01:33 AM Response to Reply #9 |
35. my papa died and ten months later mama died too. Couldn't |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 08:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
43. I've read that elderly widowers rarely live more than a year after their wives die. |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
12. i would have liked to have had a story like that, too bad my wife |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Never say never Reggie. |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
32. Why not? Just because you have not found your 'soulmate' yet doesn't mean you never will. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 01:35 AM Response to Reply #12 |
36. Reggie, you will find someone. Whatever you two had to do you |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 08:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
44. I just returned from a wedding of a dear old friend. He was marrying |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #12 |
45. somewhere in your universe is a woman who is thinking the same thing |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:05 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. thanks to you and the others who give me these kind words |
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Chimichurri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. That's how I wanna go! The pictures along with the story touched my heart. |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
15. How sad and sweet. Thanks for posting it. |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
18. If that doesn't bring a tear to your eye, I don't know what it would take. |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I agree. |
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HappyMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Yeah. You would have to have a heart of stone. |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Or just be a Rethuglican. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
20. Absolutely beautiful |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
21. Dammit |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
22. That's the way I want to go out. |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
24. Sounds like they had an inifinely greater fortune than any billionair could ever hope for |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 03:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. +1 |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #24 |
47. such love is all i have really wanted out of life since i was 16 |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
26. What a story. |
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RockaFowler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
27. I can't wait to go home and hug my husband |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
30. The juxtaposition tells a tale... |
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Timbuk3 (727 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
31. That's beautiful! n/t |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
34. 2 of the richest people in the world |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
37. Reminds me of my parents |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
38. BEAUTIFUL story ... THANKS for posting it. nt |
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Ellipsis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 03:40 AM Response to Original message |
39. True love... |
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ObaMania (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 03:52 AM Response to Original message |
40. Awesome story. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
41. Beautiful...That's all I can say. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
42. !!!!!!!!! |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
48. May we all go that way. With love surrounding us. |
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lucca18 (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
49. So beautiful.... |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
50. Something about this story is really bothering me, upon reflection. |
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Rozlee (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. I read on MSN that a woman in the other vehicle they hit was severely injured. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. That is awful. |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. My great-grandmother drove competently into her upper 90's. |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 04:47 PM Response to Reply #50 |
58. I totally agree. Thank you for pointing that out. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 04:55 PM Response to Reply #50 |
59. Bothers me as well. |
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sammytko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 06:24 PM Response to Reply #50 |
61. Yes, I thought about that after I posted |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
55. k&r |
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AikidoSoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
56. When couples lose a partner, the one remaining often dies soon afterwards. |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
57. That's how I want to go. |
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